CHILE: Dictator's Week

Dictator-Premier Carlos Ibanez, bantam Mussolini, bestirred himself with more than wonted vigor throughout the week. He—

¶ Suppressed the Communist newspaper Justica; banished onetime President of the Chamber of Deputies Rafael Luis Gumucio as a "Red"; jailed onetime Premier Ladislao Errazuriz for the same trumped-up offense; and arrested 19 "Red" Deputies and 100 "Red" citizens—really his political enemies, who were forthwith hurried into exile upon a ship bound for Central American ports.

¶ Despatched through his Foreign Minister Conrado Rios a belligerent proclamation to Chileans in Tacna-Arica:* "You must not...

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